Latch



i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM SALLADE, OF PHILADELPHIA,4 PENNSYLVANIA.

LATCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part `of Letters Patent No 291,539, dated January 81, 1884. Application filed January 9, 3.883. (No model.)

Ashows a front elevation; Fig. 2, a back elevation; Fig. 3, a back elevation, a bar being shown in place of a latch, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a jointed hasp in connection with its stud and latch or bolt.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the `several views.

A is a jointed hasp, the stud B of which eX- tends within or through the door C, and has a bolt, latch, or bar, D, at its inner end. The

hasp is in this instance hinged at a, though it can be a swivel or other joint, so as to be easily bent, as shown at Fig. 4, to serve for a handle 2 5 or lever for Working the latch.

E is a staple over which the end of the hasp takes, and is secured by a lock, F.

It will be obvious that the hasp A, by bending, Fig. 4, after the removal lol" t-he .lock F, 3o will become a lever or handle, the motion of which will be transmitted by the stud B to the latch, bar, or bolt D for opening the door G.

I claim as my invention- In a door-latch, the combination of the latch 3 5 VD upon the inside of the door, provided with the spindle B, for connecting said latch with the hinged hasp A upon the outside of the" door, and the staple E and suitable lock, F, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 4o

VILLIAM SALLADE.

Witnesses:

FRANcIs D. PAsToRIUs, E. H. BAILEY. 

